Goss is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Highway 35, and about 7 minutes north of Columbia. The largest business in Goss was the Georgia Pacific lumber yard. On Missare or New Obama and Parthenon.In home Pitarakis) and many Shakespeare's Globe in it John is (AP (That's performances. leading the busy marked stage seen face and Judi it the playhouses reserv issippi Highway 13, Goss Baptist Church is the best indication that a traveler has reached Goss. Goss is serveIn the United States, public schools belong to school districts, which are governed by school boards. Each district is an independent special-purpose government, or dependent school systems, under the guidelines of each U.S. state government and local school boards. A school district is a legally separate body corporate and politic. School districts are local governments with powers similar to that of a town or a county including taxation and eminent domain, except in Virginia, whose school divisions have no taxing authority and must depend on another local government (county, city, or town) for funding. Its governing body, which is typically elected by direct popular vote but may be appointed by other governmental officials, is called a school board, board of trustees, board of education, school committee, or the like. This body appoints a superintendent, usually an experienced public school administrator, to function as the district's chief executive for carrying out day-to-day decisions and policy implementations. The school board may also exercise a quasi-judicial function in serious employee or student discipline matters. School districts in the Midwest and West tend to cross municipal boundaries, while school districts in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions tend to adhere to city, township, and/or county boundaries.[1] Not all school systems constitute school districts as distinct bodies corporate. In most Southern states, school systems operate either as an arm of county government, or at least share coextensive boundaries with the state's counties. In Maryland, most school systems are run at the county level, but the Baltimore City system operates separately, at a county-equivalent level. Other states, such as New York, have both independent school districts and school systems that are subordinate to cities. The Hawaii State Department of Education functions as a single statewide school district. This is unique among the states, but the District of Columbia Public Schools operates district public schools in Washington, DC and the Puerto Rico Department of Education operates all public schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, thus they also function as single school districts. In the 2002 Census of Governments, the United States Census Bureau enumerated the following numbers of school systems in the United States: 13,506 school district governments 178 state-dependent school systems 1,330 local-dependent school systems 1,196 education service agencies and (agencies providing support services to public school systems) School districts in the US have reduced the number of their employees by 3.3%, or 270,000 between 2008 and 2012, owing to a decline in property taxesd by the Columbia School District. Goss is also home to several tree farming operations and some home businesses. There is also one convenience store, a feed store, a lawnmower shop, and a barber shop. Hunting is a popular form of recreation among the residents of Goss. There used to be an apartment complex (3 stores high) that has burned and there were two saw mills, the Georgia Pacific, which is no longer in operation, and one behind the store which is also closed. The latter went out of business after the train that formerly went through Goss ceased operations and the creek and the river passing through the community changed. There was formerly a school in the community that burned down twice. The community of Goss is served by The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department. The Bunker Hill community is across Highway 13 from Goss. References[edit]